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Job 16:6 Cross-References
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“Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? what: Heb. what goeth from me?”
Job 16:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged (אִם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי, im-adabberah lo-yechasekh ke'evi)—The verb חָשַׂךְ (chasakh) means 'to withhold, restrain, hold back.' Job's כְּאֵב (ke'ev, pain/grief) remains uncontainable regardless of speech.And though I forbear, what am I eased? (וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִמֶּנִּי יַהֲלֹךְ, ve'achdela mah-mimmenni yahalokh)—Whether Job speaks or remains silent, his suffering continues unabated. The verb הָלַךְ (halakh, 'to go, depart') governs his pain—it won't 'leave.' This captures the inescapable totality of extreme suffering: neither expression ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 16:6
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“I am distracted.”
“I cry to God for help”